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by tedurocher
Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:46 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: Engine Warms up and wont stay running
Replies: 19
Views: 41817

Re: Engine Warms up and wont stay running

okay, back at it tonight. I swapped parts to see if I could the problem to follow from one engine to the other. coil, ignition module, breaker plate that contains the pick up coil and nothing really changed until . . . . I swapped the rotors. The stalling switched engines then. I put my spare rotor ...
by tedurocher
Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:45 am
Forum: Engines
Topic: Engine Warms up and wont stay running
Replies: 19
Views: 41817

Re: Engine Warms up and wont stay running

in regard to the ECM . . . . what does it look like?

my boat is a 1985, would it be like an electronics module inside the distributor?
by tedurocher
Mon Aug 05, 2019 6:22 am
Forum: Engines
Topic: Engine Warms up and wont stay running
Replies: 19
Views: 41817

Re: Engine Warms up and wont stay running

thank you all for the good suggestions. coil is new, it could still be bad though right? I can pump fuel, including tried using starting fluid with no restart until it sits fir 10 to 20 minutes. it's like something happens when the engine warms up that is killing the spark. Once it cools down a bit ...
by tedurocher
Sun Aug 04, 2019 5:37 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: Engine Warms up and wont stay running
Replies: 19
Views: 41817

Re: Engine Warms up and wont stay running

Tuggle wrote:Have you checked your fuel filters?
no I havent but I will.
by tedurocher
Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:55 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: Engine Warms up and wont stay running
Replies: 19
Views: 41817

Re: Engine Warms up and wont stay running

more details

here are the numbers on the tag on the side of my distributor

Chrysler 2444986
I BM4109AS 103
by tedurocher
Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: Engine Warms up and wont stay running
Replies: 19
Views: 41817

Engine Warms up and wont stay running

Hi all, I'm going crazy and hope you all can help. I have a 1985 32 Bridge sedan with 235HP 318's. The guys I bought the boat from years ago replaced the distributors so I have no points or ballast resistor. I've having an issue with the engines warning up and then shutting off. I eventually linked ...